---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Use of DOT Stormwater BMPs."
description: "Allow Use of DOT Stormwater BMPs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2013"
identifier: "SB 294"
citation: "North Carolina SB 294 (2013)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CONSTRUCTION", "COUNTIES", "ENVIRONMENT", "INFRASTRUCTURE", "LOCAL", "MUNICIPALITIES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "RATIFIED", "SESSION LAWS", "TITLE CHANGE", "TRANSPORTATION", "TRANSPORTATION DEPT.", "UTILITIES", "WATER & SEWER SYSTEMS", "FORSYTH COUNTY", "WINSTON-SALEM", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2013-03-13"
last_action: "2014-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e2b1235-6b0d-401a-a005-932eae340104"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2013&BillID=S294&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "be412bd35e739f16fd67ac7e764077163c2999b9f32007953655001b2cb78af6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 294 (2013) — Allow Use of DOT Stormwater BMPs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S294v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S294v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S294v2.pdf)
4. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S294v3.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S294v4.pdf)
6. **SL2014-1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S294v5.pdf)

## Votes

- Second Reading — **117–0** (pass) · lower
- Second Reading — **47–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Parmon — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2014-05-29** Ch. SL 2014-1 `became-law`
- **2014-05-29** Signed by Gov. 5/29/2014 `executive-signature`
- **2014-05-29** Pres. To Gov. 05/29/2014 `executive-receipt`
- **2014-05-28** Ratified
- **2014-05-27** Ordered Enrolled
- **2014-05-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2014-05-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2014-05-21** Placed On Cal For 05/27/2014
- **2014-05-21** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2014-05-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-05-20** Ref To Com On Commerce and Job Development `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-20** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Rec From Senate
- **2013-05-15** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2013-05-15** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2013-05-14** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2013-05-14** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2013-03-14** Ref To Com On Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2013-03-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e2b1235-6b0d-401a-a005-932eae340104`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).